Cement tie and rail-fastener



A. L. CRANE.

CEMENT TIE AND HAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1920.

1,373,601 Pa e ted Apr. 5, 1921.

/ ry a wuamto z A1? anus UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM LEONODES CRANE, OF FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CEMENT TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER. A

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 22, 1920. Serial No. 425,797.

To all'whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADAM LnoNoDEs CRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Mill in the county of York and State of South arolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gement Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Cement or concrete ties have been heretofore used, but they have not been a success,

as they include no means for more or less cushioning the rail, for the reason that the rails either rest directly upon the cement or concrete, or upon plates.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a cement or concrete tie, wherein the rails are cushioned, thereby eliminating a rigid support for the rails. I

In order to cushion the rails the tie includes'wooden insert blocks, which are removablydovetailed in the tie, and are supported upon a steel, iron, or other metal plate, so as to prevent the wooden insert blocks from contacting direct with the cement, and tending to more or less crush it.

Owing to the insert wooden blocks being removable when worn, and owing to the 'sonable profit.

body of the tie being of cement, the tie is very durable, and will last substantially indefinitely, for when the blocks are worn they may be easily replaced with new ones.

Further more the tie of this character is l which hold therail securing plates in posi tion, from pulling through the cement or concrete, and also preventing it from crumbling or breaking.

An additional purpose is the provislon of plates resting upon theinsert wooden blocks, to prevent the rails from cutting intothe blocka A It will be noted that the plate supporting Patented Apr. 5,1921.

the wooden insert blocks tends toadd" strength and durability tothe tie, and at the same tlme to reinforce the tie as a supportmg base for the rails.

While the design and construction at present illustrated and set forth is, deemed pref erable, it is obvious that as a. result of a re ductlon of the inventlon to a more practical form for commercial purposes, the invention 'may be susceptible of changes, and the right to these changesis claimed-provided"they" are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: I Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved tie constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the rails mounted thereon, and illustrating the fastening means for the rails and the insert wooden blocks.

Fig. 2 is a sectional on line 22 of Fig. 1. a

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4- is a bottom plan view of the tie showing the plates embedded in the underfacc thereof.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates an improved tie, which may be constructed of any suitable plastic material preferably cement or concrete, and

in constructing this tie it. is provided with transversely disposed dovetail recesses 2, the end walls of. which converge upwardly as shown. To be removably mounted in the dovetail recesses are wooden insert blocks 3,

the ends of which converge upwardly corre- I spondingly to and engaging the end walls of the recesses, thereby preventingmovement of the insert blocks longitudinally of the tie.

In constructing the tie, a steel, iron or other metal plate 4: is embedded in the tie, and is so arranged adjacent the recesses, as to form the bottoms of the recesses, and to constitute seats 5 for the insert .wooden blocks. It will be noted that the ends of this plate 4 extend beyond the remote end Walls of the recesses, thereby more securely holding the plate in place, and at the same time permitting the insert wooden blocks to engage therewitlr It will be noted that th s plate is disposed so that its upper face Wlll assume a position slightly above the concrete or cement, at-points designated by the character 6, so that the insert wooden block w1ll rest entirely upon the plate.- The distance of bolts 10 have nuts thereon, to hold the rail fastening plates in position.

The metal plates 7 are provided with shoulders 11, which are engaged by the outer edges of the bases of the rails, there by assisting materially in preventing the rails from spreading,

The plates 7 are provided with upstanding projections 4P, adapted to pierce into the of the upper surface of the plate above'the wooden insert blocks 3, thereby acting to concrete of the tie, in practice, is hardly per-- ceptible .to the eye, nevertheless a space. exists.

Whenithetie is in use andthe insert blocks are arranged in their recesses, the

7 plate 4 isentirely hidden.

Engaging the, insert wooden blocks are metallic plates 7, on which the rails'8 are supported;

countersunk in the, undersurface of the tie are metallic plates 9, through which, the tie, the plate 4-and plates 7 are the elongated bolts 10; 7 These bolts also pass upwardly through the insert wooden blocks.

.The plates 9 arecountersunk in the undersurface ofi-the tiersufiiciently so that the heads of the bolts will not contact or engage upon the ballast or road bed, thereby strengthening the tie.

permitting the tie to be evenly supported in POSltlOIl;

' Rail fastening plates 11 are provided,and o are engaged with the plates. 7. These rail fastening plates arearranged in diagonally opposite positions relatively to each other upon opposite sides'of' each rail. The plates 11 are cutaway on their-undersurfaces, to

- overlie the bases of the rails.- Furthermore these rail fastening plates are disposedrelati ely to each other, so that when mounti a rail, it may be disposed on an angle, so

"thatits base may engageebetwee'n the rail holding plates. The bolts 10 have their upperends also engaglng through the rail segetherand in position. The plates 9 which are countersunk in the undersurface of the tieare arranged in relative inclined positions, so that the bolts 10 (which are diagonally disposed) may pass through the plates 9, tie and the plates a, 7 and 11,thereby producing 'a rigid and secure holding means'for'thei rails, and at the same time As previously stated the bolts 10 are suf- "ficiently relatively spaced, so as to permit the rail to be inserted between the'plates 11 on'an angle, so that afterward the rails may 7 "be disposed in theirproper positions transholding or" securing plates 11, though it is in their'proper positions. "The upper ends -ing said -plates, rail fastening plates .diagon-1 ally disposed onopposite sides of the rails, and bolts passing upwardly through the blocks and the rail supporting and fastening plates to hold said. parts in: position, a metallic plate embedded in the tie-body vand having its. upper face forming the-bottom of the recesses andconstitutinga bedfor the insert blocks. r

2. In a, tie, a plastic tie body having dovetail recesses in its upper face,;insert woodenblocks removably: dovetailed-in said recesses, .vplates resting .upon the; ;blo,cks,-, railsengaging'said plates, ra'il fastening plates diagonally disposedonopposite sides ofythe rails,

and ':bolts pasing upwardly through the blocks and therail supporting and fastening plates to hold said partsinposition, 'a metallic plate embedded in the tie body andhaving its upper face forming the bottom of the recessesoand constituting a'bed for the in-lf sert blocks, said embedded plate having its upper face disposed a short'distance above the plastic material of; the bottoms of the recesses, and platescountersunk inthe underface of the tierto beengaged by the bolts, to prevent the bolts from pulling through the body of the tie.

3. In a tie, aplastic tiebody having dovetail recesses in its upper face, a metallic elongated plate relatively narrower than the width of the tie and embedded therein and adjacent said recesses, whereby it forms largely the bottoms of said recesses, the ends of said plate extending beyond. the remote walls of the recesses, insert blocks in. said dovetail recesses and resting upon Itheplate,

plates resting upon the insert blocks, and means passingoutwardlyethrough the tie and through the insert blocks'andithe plates 4. In a cementtie, a plastic tie having dovetail recesses, a single elongated flat plate embedded in the tie and bridging from under one recess to and under the opposite recess, said plate constituting largely the bottoms of the recesses, insert wooden thereon-and including means engaging with p the railsto hold them in position. 'versely "of the tie. I This may be accomd b plished' by not removlng either oneof the blocks in said recesses and resting upon the metallic bottoms of the recesses, said metallic bottoms of the recesses being relatively higher than the bottoms at the open ends of said recesses, thereby supporting the insert blocks in raised positions out of engagement with the bottoms of the recesses at their open nected with the rails for holding them in 10 place.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ADAM LEONODES CRANE. 

